Phantom settlement
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Phantom settlement
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Phantom settlements, or paper towns, are settlements that appear on maps but do not actually exist. They are either accidents or copyright traps. Notable examples include Argleton in Lancashire, UK and Beatosu and Goblu, US. Phantom settlements often result from copyright traps, also known as mountweazels, which is when a false entry is placed in literature to catch illegal copiers. Agloe, New York, was invented on a 1930s map as a copyright trap. In 1950, a general store was built there and nam
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Settlement on a map that does not exist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_settlement
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2024-01-10T01:54:01Z
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